A Thing or Two We’re Doing Besides Belonging Among the Wildflowers
Two questions we’re answering this week on the podcast: What’s it like to not want to have kids when most of your friends do? And how hot can we take our romance novels? Also, calling all wannabe Secret Menu subscribers! This month’s new-member $$ is going to Heart of Dinner, which has been feeding Asian American seniors in NYC throughout the pandemic.
Erica’s Things
Flattering myself with a lip balm dubbed Well Red, which keeps my face from looking full-blown Zoombie.
Feeling 38 years young after devouring this.
Kicking off March by sharing my most successful and satisfying gardening project of last spring: scattering mixed wildflower seeds—created specifically for my region—all over the place.
Picturing one of these paintings on my living room wall.
Tackling—quite successfully, if I do say so myself—an ingredient that’s always intimidated me: baby artichokes.
Claire’s Things
Applauding activewear brands for finally getting into the maternity and postpartum game: Nike, Adidas, Girlfriend—yay.
Doing so little but achieving so much with this shrimp recipe. (You could sub out the greens for rice or really anything that’ll soak up the sauce.)
Nodding, yes, I do want to know what all these interesting people are reading.
Snoozing in a cheeky number.
Marveling at the truly insane world of novelty AirPod cases.
Small-Business Thing
Getting real Betty Draper vibes from The Bitter Housewife—which, yes, is a bitters company. Because “who doesn't need a great drink right now, with or without alcohol?” Big Q is whether we start with the cardamom or the hazelnut concoction. Tell us about a small business you love supporting, huh?